West Prongs

West Prongs (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

West Prongs  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 15912
Name ID: 111892

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

three rock spurs forming W end of the ridge on N side of Jones Valley, Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, were surveyed from the ground by USGS, 1963-64, and photographed from the air by USN in 1964; named after Clyde E. West, USN, cook, "Ellsworth Station", winter 1958 (USGS sheet SU 21-25/13, 1969; APC, 1974, p.7).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
83° 54' 00.0" S
-83.90000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
57° 34' 00.0" W
-57.56667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
3-Nov-1971

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